Improved fireman s eleyator



/ in the arrangement of-the sectional frames, and theropes for hoistingthe same.

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Letters Patent No. 78,122, dated May 19, 1868.

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Be it known vthat I, VOLNEY OBRYAN,of St. Johns,in the county of Clinton, and State of Michigan, have invented a new fand useful .Improvement in Firemens Elevators; and I do hereby declare that thcfolloiving is a full', clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to thc annexed drawings, making part ofthi's specification, in which--V Figure 1 is a perspective view, and

Figure' isa vertical elevation.v

The same-letters are employed in both figures in the designation of the same parts. f

My invention relates to a machine for elevating firemen, to bring them inY position to operate effectually in the Vextinfgn isliment of fires, and to facilitate `the escape oifperson's from .burning buildings; and it consists r`rThe machine is carried upon wheels, A. B. is the frame or body of the Wagon.4 C, a vertical frame, :nttaehed firmly to the wagon. Within this is a vertically-sliding frame, which is suspended .upon two continuous cords, E, one von each side.v Both 4ends of the cord are fastened to the axle I' The cords aro carried over sheaves d c?, on top of the frame C. frame will be raised. 4 l i Another frame, Dl, sliding vertically, is in like manner placed within `the frame D, also suspended upon continuous` cords El, tho ends of which :irc fastenedto the' top oi` thel frame C, on each side, and carried thence over sh'eaves (Z1, on top of the frame D?, and thence 1down and under the bottom of theframc. As the frame D is'raised, the ends of the cords E being fixed, as the frame D is forced upivardsagainst the cord, the frame Dl uili be simultaneously raised.l l I Y Ir; the like manner another frame, Dis suspended upon corus attached, on each side, to the top of the frame D, and carried thence over a shcave, de, on top of the frame D1, and thence down under `the frame D2, so that, as the frame Dl, in rising, presses against the cord E?, the frame D? will be equally raised; and in like manner with as many other framesns may be desired'. On the top one is a platform, on whichthe fireman stands as the frames arc raised. H e may reach the platform by means of the stairs, F, which act also as a brace in front. The axle Iis turned b vmeans of a spur-wheel, I, on the end thereof, driven bya cranken the pinionl'. L

The frame is laterally supported 'by a beam, G, to which is hinged a'leg, G. This beam turning upon a leg, is hold by e hook, projecting from the side, when not ir use. Whenv it is to vbe used, it is'turned down,

and a. propJieani, H, the foot of which moves in n. slot in the beam G, is secured so thatits head shall rest against a ratchet in the baseiot` the guide-groove, in which the head is fastened, thereby aifording lateral sup` port to the frame. 1 rlhe wagon is held in a horizontal position by screws L, placed i'n the four corners, which may be turned down to sustain the wagon firmly in pla-ce, when the machine is to behroughtinto use'. What I claim as my invention, and dcsire'to secure by Letters Patent, is 'he arrangement, in a machine for the purpose set forth, of the wagon B, stationary framegC, movable frames, repos, and sheaves, and lateral supports Gr II, and screws L, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specica-tiou in thcpresencc of two subscribing witnesses.

' .VOLNEY OBRYAN.

Witnesses I JOHN S. IIoLLINGsnEAD, L; MURPHY.

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